Chris Rock, Dennis Dugan, Adam Sandler and My Wife, Betty K. Bynum!!!
April 28, 2009
Helloooooo….
Well, I am wrapping up work on my current Adam Sandler project (“Untitled” so far) and will be hitting the streets looking for some gigs.
The money must keep flowing.
The director, a very cool gentleman named Dennis Dugan has given me additional scenes to do than the original plan. Thank God, as another film I had going fell apart (for the time being) and I need the income.
Dennis often has to “sell” his vision and ideas on scenes to Adam, who is a smart businessman and knows what he wants. Dennis knows how many frames he needs to sell his point. Some people want to see a lot. Adam and his crew have so much going on that little is good and filling.
I’ve been working on boards for mostly gags. Certain scenes in this movie have mild to mid stunts attached in addition to C.G.I. or “practical” or on the set special effects.
Just last Friday, Dennis let me sit on a meeting with he, his first A.D. and a C.G.I. company vying for a job on the show. Very informative. The company was previously sent a copy of my boards for the scene that needs C.G.I.
From there, they can plan their bid and figure out how long the shots would take to produce.
I am still storyboarding on the STORYBOARD PRO program and then turning the frames into JPG’S. From there, I can set the frames up as I wish, add type or any use of PHOTOSHOP or PAINTER.
If I get some more down time, I will get back to my passion, screenwriting. BIG IF. I want time, but not TOO much time.
I visited my wife, BETTY K. BYNUM on the set of my previous film, DEATH AT A FUNERAL. It stars Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Tracey Morgan, James Marsden, Luke Wilson and others. The director, another friend of a few years, Neil LaBute gave Betty a few lines in the film and her one day of filming turned into three.
Betty got to know Chris Rock a little and from what I have seen and heard from many, Chris is one of the NICEST and down to earth people in the business. Eats with the crew, DOESN’T cut the line, and never plays the “star” role. He, Will Smith and George Clooney probably have the best reputations in the business.
So, I must now get back to cracking.
You forgot Ron Howard! Chris bought us all ice cream from Mr. Softee on I Think I Love My Wife, too. Oh, and good for Betty!
Looks like both you and Betty are getting a little extra love from your directors. That says a lot!
Storyboard Pro. I’ve been eyeballing that. I have a Motion Computing tablet PC, and I imagine the combination would be great on a show. How do you like it? I picked up Mirage Studio Pro/Board-O-Matic thinking it would be the bees knees, but it turned out to be very difficult to learn, with a lot of protocol and fancy conventions to figure out. That’s death in a job that places such a premium on speed. So I’ve been wary of jumping in for Storyboard Pro, especially with the high pricetag. Once bitten, twice shy I guess.
Good knowledge, it is so difficult for us “Townies” to understand how hard everyone works on the productions, how many people actually are behind the scenes. I currently live in GLoucester MA, and Chris Rock is actually moving in 4 houses down from me while they shoot on location here on the film you help create! I’m glad to hear that he is down to earth, I was worried that someone would complain about me walking my shepherd every morning and night here on the Point.
I was on the set as an extra when the filmed the Perfect Storm, and was amazed at how hard Everyone worked to pull it off. Kudo’s to the behind the scenes people!
Dan Driscoll